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Flickr Link Shortening Confusion

Posted on Monday, 21st Mar 2011 by Caz M

I discovered something weird today. I’ve known for some time that you can get Flickr’s short link for an image if you view > source. It’s usually about 20-odd lines into the page. I was making a comment on this … Continue reading →

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Twitter Link Shortening – Utter Madness

Posted on Thursday, 3rd Mar 2011 by Caz M

Lots has been written in the past about the use of URL shorteners and how they have the potential to break the web if they suddenly become unavailable. It’s one of the reasons I’ve moved away from services like bit.ly … Continue reading →

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